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between the filthy rich upper class and their put upon servants. And what detail ~ the film fleshes out all 25 tnembers of the excellent ensemble cast. along with their individual stories. No easy trick in two hours. (ieneral release.
Grand Canyon (U) (. . 200]) mins. Simulation ride bringing you the full-blown wonder of that really. really big hole in America. IMAX Theatre. (ilasgow.
Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone (PG)
(Chris Columbus. L’S/ITK. 200l ) Daniel Radcliffe. Robbie Coltrane. Maggie Smith. John (‘leese. Richard Harris, Julie Walters. l52 mins. Columbus has remained true not just to the spirit but. in many cases. the letter ofJ.K. Rowling's novel. With only the occasional nip and tuck. the filth follows closely the tale of orphan boy Harry. who grows up in suburbia little realising that he's of wizard stock. Like the novel. the film is unsentimental. with no hint of icky whimsy. Rather. it is sustained by a set of superbly dry performances by the all-British cast and rewarded by the true. well-earned emotion of an honourable quest successfuliy fought. General release.
Heartbreakers ( IS) 0... (David Merkin. IS. 200!) Sigourney Weaver. Jennifer Love Hewitt. (iene I-Iackman. l23 mins. Max and Page (‘onners are a mother- and-daughter team of con artists. Max reels in a wealthy sucker and gets him to pop the question. Soon after the wedding. the groom is caught in a compromising position with Page and a lucrative annulment follows. Having fleeced Ray l.iotta‘s New Jersey chop-shop owner in this manner. the pair head for Palm Beach. Florida. where they target tobacco billionaire William B Tensy (Hackman). Like its protagonists, Hmrtbn’ukt'rs is both cheerfully amoral and charming. cynical and sweet. ’Ihe cast are quite obviously having a ball and their enthusiasm is delightfully infectious. ()deon. Ayr; ()deon. I)unfermline.
Hearts In Atlantis ( I2) 000 (Scott Hicks. 2002) Anthony Hopkins. Anton Yelchin. Hope Davis. 10] mins. Hicks and screenwriter William (ioldman (Burch
( ‘(Ls‘sit/y Am] The Slllldtlllt‘t’ Kid. A” The I’rt'sidt'nr '3' Men) have adapted Stephen King's 5(ls/()()s/7()s-sel novel. homing in on a very King concem: childhood‘s end. The film describes the friendship of three eleven- year-olds and a life-changing moment in their youth — the appearance of Ted Brautigan (Hopkins). a secretive though kindly man on the run from government agents. Nice performances all round. although adapting just the first third of King's book is too modest a goal. (ieneral release.
Heist ( IS) 0000 (David Mantel. (IS. 200| ) (iene Hackman. Danny De Vito. Rebecca Pidgeon. 107 mins. Master thief Joe Moore (Hackman) decides it's time to quit and seek retirement down Sotith with his young wife Fran (Pidgeon). However, his fence Bergman (De Vito) blackmails him into carrying out one final score. After the patchy filmmaking satire State And Main. Matnet is back on home-turf. offering tip a noirish world of cons and scams. while his trademark charged dialogue is still intact. Yet. Mamet is also attempting to muscle in on action-movie conventions for which he lacks the requisite visual panache. and he‘s now writing to a ‘nothing is what it seems' formula. Adatn Smith 'I'hcatre. Kirkcaldy. The Hold-Up (El Palo) ( 15) (Iiva l.esmes. Spain. 2000) Adriana ()zores. ('armen Maura. Maribel Verdu. 87 tnins. This comic crime caper with a feminine twist concerns a divorced mother who works as a cleaner in a bank. which she plans to rob with a team of other unlikely women criminals. Part of the Spanish Film Festival. (il’f. (llasgow; 'I‘he I’ilmhouse. Iidinburgh. Human Body (If) (200l ) Simulation ride bringing you the full-blown wonder of all those really. really small places inside us. IMAX Theatre. (ilasgow.
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